メンタル・コーゼーション（心的因果）は荷重を支えない
本記事では、心的因果（メンタル・コーゼーション）が哲学的な議論において過度に重視されていると主張する。私たちの思考や意図が物理的行動に因果的影響を与えるという前提が、多くの理論の「荷重を支える（load-bearing）」柱として扱われてきたが、著者はその前提が実際にはそれほど強固ではないと論じる。心的因果を過大評価せずとも、私たちの実践や説明は十分に機能すると述べ、この概念への依存を緩めるべきだと提案する。
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